[PATCH 1/1] perf symbols: Accept zero as the kernel base address

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Jul 12 2017 - 15:37:11 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

Which is the case in S/390, where symbols were not being resolved
because machine__get_kernel_start was only setting machine->kernel_start
when the just successfully loaded kernel symtab had its map->start set
to !0, when it was left at (1ULL << 63) assuming a partitioning of the
address space for user/kernel, which is not the case in S/390 nor in
Sparc.

So just check if map__load() was successfull and set
machine->kernel_start to zero, fixing kernel symbol resolution on S/390.

Test performed by Thomas:

----

I like this patch. I have done a new build and removed all my debug output to start
from scratch. Without your patch I get this:

# Samples: 4 of event 'cpu-clock'
# Event count (approx.): 1000000
#
# Children Self Command Shared Object Symbol
# ........ ........ ....... ................ ........................
75.00% 0.00% true [unknown] [k] 0x00000000004bedda
|
---0x4bedda
|
|--50.00%--0x42693a
| |
| --25.00%--0x2a72e0
| 0x2af0ca
| 0x3d1003fe4c0
|
--25.00%--0x4272bc
0x26fa84

and with your patch (I just rebuilt the perf tool, nothing else and used the same
perf.data file as input):

# Samples: 4 of event 'cpu-clock'
# Event count (approx.): 1000000
#
# Children Self Command Shared Object Symbol
# ........ ........ ....... .......................... ..................................
75.00% 0.00% true [kernel.vmlinux] [k] pgm_check_handler
|
---pgm_check_handler
do_dat_exception
handle_mm_fault
__handle_mm_fault
filemap_map_pages
|
|--25.00%--rcu_read_lock_held
| rcu_lockdep_current_cpu_online
| 0x3d1003ff4c0
|
--25.00%--lock_release

Looks good to me....
----

Reported-and-Tested-by: Thomas-Mich Richter <tmricht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zvonko Kosic <zvonko.kosic@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-dk0n1uzmbe0tbthrpfqlx6bz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/machine.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
index 5de2b86b9880..2e9eb6aa3ce2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ int machine__get_kernel_start(struct machine *machine)
machine->kernel_start = 1ULL << 63;
if (map) {
err = map__load(map);
- if (map->start)
+ if (!err)
machine->kernel_start = map->start;
}
return err;
--
2.9.4